In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the free Internet, it has emerged that You Tube is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and remove videos that show protests and other examples of citizens simply asserting their rights, while also deleting search terms by government mandate.

Britain needs the equivalent of the American 1st amendment. But the article claims the US government asks for videos to be pulled off of YouTube. So what's the pattern in each country on what gets pulled and why?

It's shameful that the British government would try and censor this video. However, am I to understand these people were trying to "arrest" a judge? They were literally going to grab a judge and hold him for some trial? I can't really blame the police for stopping that. However, were there really 600 people involved? I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, you can't have groups deciding to arrest judges on their own volition. But, it is a healthy sign that some in Britain are ready to get rid of their hostile elites.

It's shameful that the British government would try and censor this video. However, am I to understand these people were trying to "arrest" a judge? They were literally going to grab a judge and hold him for some trial? I can't really blame the police for stopping that. However, were there really 600 people involved? I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, you can't have groups deciding to arrest judges on their own volition. But, it is a healthy sign that some in Britain are ready to get rid of their hostile elites.

"...You can also search by country to discover that Google, the owner of You Tube, has complied with the majority of requests from governments, particularly in the United States and the UK, not only to remove You Tube videos, but also specific web search terms and thousands of “data requests,” meaning demands for information that would reveal the true identity of a You Tube user. Google claims that the information sent to governments is “needed for legitimate criminal investigations,” but whether these “data requests” have been backed up by warrants is not divulged by the company....."

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1497779/pg1

But, the media arm of government may just be trying to stabilize the public mood - benefiting all of us
- better to rock the boat, than to capsize it, after all

It's amazing what while some people consider some things to be disgusting some others consider them to be great. To me what really IS disgusting is political or religious dogmatism. But then again the terms disgusting and great are subjective.